The locked-in syndrome, meaning complete immobility except for vertical eye movement and blinking, is a rare disease. We experienced a case of 1ocked-in syndrome due to pontine infarction.
A 73-year old woman was admitted to the hospital because of ...
The locked-in syndrome, meaning complete immobility except for vertical eye movement and blinking, is a rare disease. We experienced a case of 1ocked-in syndrome due to pontine infarction.
A 73-year old woman was admitted to the hospital because of vomiting and semicomatose mentality.
The patient was quadriplegic and she present a bilateral horizontal gage palsy, but vertical eye movement and eye blinking were preserved.
Brain CT revealed poorly defined hypodense area involving pons.
EEG showed diffuse slow wave with a-wave from post. occipital lobe.
In BAEP, peak latencies for wave III k V were slightly delayed.